Committee debates technical specifics and emergency-language concerns in embodied carbon bill
The legislative committee discussed an embodied carbon bill that would direct work on an embodied-carbon appendix for the International Building Code (IBC); members raised concerns that the bill contains technical specifics that could limit flexibility in emergency rulemaking and might be premature relative to ongoing technical work.
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On Feb. 20, 2025 the State Building Code Council Legislative Committee examined a bill directing embodied-carbon work for the building code, focusing on whether the proposed statutory language ties the council and its technical groups to detailed, enforceable standards.
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